A/N: Soo I just wrote most of this chapter, needs work but I like it…yea…soo I lied I found myself doing nothing tonight so I figured I'd add chapter 4. But I really do have family things to take care of. I shouldn't even worry about that. I still have yet to finish this story and what not…welp, hope you like it not as good as the first 3 but it'll get better, I hope…lol
Disclaimer: as you all know for the 38403585 time I do not own Degrassi or Stacey Farber or Jake Epstein or any other members of the cast….it would be a dream come true if I did own Jake though.
Craig ran down the street after Ellie.
"Ellie wait!...Ellie stop!" He screamed.
She finally stopped and turned around. "What Craig? What do you want!"
"To find out what's the matter." He told her with a sad puppy look on his face.
"God, do you have any idea how much I-" She sighed calming herself down.
"Forget it." She told him.
Wrapping her arms around her body.
"We're just friends and I over reacted I'm sorry." She told him staring down at the pavement.
"Just friends?" He whispered.
"Look at me El." He mumbled.
She lifted her head and looked into his big brown eyes.
"Yeah." She repeated.
"Friends." She smiled walking away.
Craig stood in the middle of the street watching her leave.
She opened the door to her house and kicked off her shoes.
"Ellie? Eleanor Is that you?" Mrs. Nash walked into the living room smiling.
"Someone's here to see you." She told Ellie.
Ellie furrowed her brow.
Who would come to see her at 10:30 p.m?
She walked into the kitchen and sighed deeply.
Sean sat at the kitchen table messing with his hands and fingers nervously.
"Ellie." He said happily, he got out of the chair and hugged her.
"Hey, what are you doing here?" She asked surprised.
"Moving back. I'm here to stay!" He smiled and hugged her again.
His smile faded. "What's wrong it looks like you got hit by a bus."
"oh um...nothing." she smiled.
"just a little tired. So are you gonna be at school on Monday?" She asked setting her bag on the kitchen table.
"Uh…yeah should be." He said.
"Well uh...I should get going." He mumbled walking toward the door.
"I'll see you tomorrow." He said opening the door.
"Yup, you will." She told him waving by as the door closed behind him.
Ring- Ring
Ellie ran to the phone. "Hello?"
"You okay?"
Marco asked on the other end.
"Yeah, fine."
"So what's going on with you and Craig? He looked a little…tore up when he came back inside."
"Nothing, we're just friends. Like it's always been." She added.
"Sean's back." She told him trying not to think about Craig at the moment.
"oh?" He said not sounding to enthusiastic.
"Yea, Well hey Marco I'm gonna go to sleep I'm pretty beat I'll talk to you tomorrow or something." She hung up only to have the phone ring again.
"God doesn't anyone know how to leave me alone?" She asked herself.
"Hello?"
"Are you still coming to band practice tomorrow?" Craig said coldly on the other end of the line.
"umm yeah I am, what's wrong you sound kinda upset."
"Nah I'm fine, it's nothing."
"You know Craig, I am like your best friend, and you CAN talk to me about things." She told him trying to pry whatever was the matter with him out of him.
"Okay, I can't even begin to describe tonight, I mean what happened with you and with Manny? And why were you so mad at me?"
"If you haven't figured it out, then you really don't deserve to know Craig." She told him starting to get frustrated.
"I don't like Manny, Ellie…If that's what you're thinking."
"Okay, Craig don't lie to me! God! I'm not the complete idiot that you think I am."
"I'm not lying to you! I don't."
"It doesn't even matter if you did because we're just friends…best friends…why do you care if I'm mad or upset or whatever?"
"Because I do El. I just do."
"Ok, Craig I'm a big girl. I can deal with things. This whole situation wasn't all about you. Just stop caring about how I feel ok? Just stop." She told him sadly as she hung up on him.
She leaned against the wall.
She wouldn't cry. She couldn't cry. Friends don't get jealous over guy friends likes or loves or lusts.
Who was she kidding her and Craig couldn't exist, he was all the things she looked for in a friend, not a boyfriend.
"God!" She screamed as she picked up a glass and threw it across the kitchen. Watching it shatter.
